| DP | degree of polymerization |
| FGF | fibroblast growth factor |
| FGFR | fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| HPLC | high performance liquid chromatography |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin |
| IgG | immunoglobulin G |
| IgM | immunoglobulin M |
| KO | knock out |
| NCAM | neural cell adhesion molecule |
| polySia | polysialic acid |
| polySia-NCAM | polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule |
| Sia | sialic acid |
| SNPs | single nucleotide polymorphisms |